• Hyperreality
      link
      fedilink
      717 months ago

      The president of a climate conference, is also the head of a massive oil company. The whole thing’s a farce.

      I mean, what’s the point?

      At this point euthanising your own children, would probably be a kindness.

      • @BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        77 months ago

        Optics and propaganda is the point. They throw a climate conference, the disinterested public sees that “people are trying” and goes about their day ignorant of the ongoing atrocities destroying our planet

        • @thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
          link
          fedilink
          English
          67 months ago

          Keep in mind that the planet isn’t being destroyed. The planet and life will continue, nothing we can do will ever stop that.

          What is happening is we are destroying the ability of mammals to survive on it. Especially mammals at the top of the food chain.

    • Unaware7013
      link
      fedilink
      237 months ago

      It was a farce when they were using cop28 to set up oil deals. At this point, it’s real life satire.

  • Th4tGuyII
    link
    fedilink
    114
    edit-2
    7 months ago

    “No science” says the oil shill

    Why would you even want to host a climate change conference in a country whose entire ethos is to oppose climate change measures in the name of oil money?

    • @4am@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      257 months ago

      I mean you are answering your own question.

      These people are monsters, greedy and shortsighted, who think that when the famine and water wars begin, their money will still somehow protect them.

  • @atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    827 months ago

    As well as running Cop28 in Dubai, Al Jaber is also the chief executive of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil company, Adnoc, which many observers see as a serious conflict of interest.

    “Many”?

    • @pedz@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      47 months ago

      Even then. One of my religious colleague tried several times to tell me about some “scientific author” that proved the existence of Allah.

    • @Wooki@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      3
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      Meh. Not concerned at all.

      The corruption here is as transparent as glass so any claim to legitimacy doesn’t exist. The only thing he is doing is screwing over his & his countries reputation let alone future prosperity.

  • @snekerpimp@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    287 months ago

    “So why not buy more oil? I mean, we are all going to die anyway. Take some hookers and blow back to your penthouse suite and relax till you have to read this prewritten statement by our PR firm letting your people back home know there is nothing they can do either and we will all boil to death. Money is your god, remember? And you CAN take it with you”

    • @catch22
      link
      67 months ago

      It’s clearly the only viable option at this point

  • @Gbagginsthe3rd@aussie.zone
    link
    fedilink
    187 months ago

    This arsehole could be a visionary leader. Instead he’s there because he’s employed by mutual interest to not change anything too quickly. Still gotta squeeze every drop outta the black gold

  • @sndrtj@feddit.nl
    link
    fedilink
    97 months ago

    What a farce. And you just know this is gonna be spun like “see, you can’t trust these scientists”, by the alt-right. Whatever legitimacy any future COP may have had has now gone down the drain.